Scrub water pickup



March 1 1946- L. c. DOLCE SCRUB WATER PICKUP Filed Nov. 9, 1943 Patented Mar. 19, 1946 I 2,3,tg

UNITED STATES PATENT Ol FlfiE SCRUB WATER PICKUP Louis C. Dolcc, Sandy Hook, Conn.

Application November 9, 1943, Serial No. 509,643

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a scrub water pickup device especially useful where large floor areas are scrubbed to remove foreign matter therefrom, and the primary object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character which may be easily and quickly moved from place to place and arranged to permit large quantities of scrub water after being used to wash foreign matter from a floor to be swept or otherwise moved therein and collected and later discharged into a drain or sewer remotely located to the floor being cleaned and which will permit th floor cleaning operation to be carried out by a minimum number of persons, consequently providing a large saving in man power for such work.

With these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view illustrating a scrub water pickup device constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view illustrating the device.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 5 indicates an inclined ramp or bottom wall formed integrally at one edge with a trough or collection receptacle 5. Side walls 1 are formed integrally with the ramp or bottom wall 5 and with the trough 6 forming closures for the ends of the latter as well as a support therefor and .for the ramp 5. The side walls extend above and below the ramp supporting the forward edge of the ramp in contact with the floor when said side walls are rested thereon. The side walls are substantially triangular shaped and provide a firm support for the ramp and trough and have secured thereto arms 8 which extend beyond the apeXes of the side walls and the front edge of the ramp; Rollers 9 are journaled on the arms and when the side walls are resting upon a floor are supported in spaced relation to the latter. However, by tilting the trough end of the device upwardly the rollers 9 may be brought into engagement with the ground or floor spacing the forward ends of the side walls and the forward edge of the ramp from the floor so that the device may be conveniently moved from place to place.

Handles Ill are pivotally mounted on the side walls at the trough end of the device and may be swung to engage brackets I l positioning the hand grip ends of the handles beyond the rear end of the device so that the latter may be lifted upwardly conveniently by a person when desiring to move the device from place to place. When the handle are manually released they may assume a vertical position, as shown in full lines in Figure 2. leaving the rear end of the device unobstructed so that said device when not in use may be supported by said rear end with the rollers disposed uppermost.

In factories and like establishments it is customary in cleaning or scrubbing floors thereof to spill over the floors a cleaning solution and thoroughly work the same over the surface of the floor to loosen and remove foreign matter adhering thereto. After this operation, it has been customary to employ mops or similar devices for taking up the cleaning solution, requiring a large amount of man power as well as time to accomplish such work and to eliminate the expenditure of so much man power and waste of time, the present invention is employed. When the cleaning solution is to be taken up, it is swept or moved up the ramp into the trough and collected thereby. A squeegee, long handled brush or similar device may be used in moving the fluid from the floor up the tramp to the trou h, thus permitting a large amount of cleaning fluid to be removed and collected and later transferred to a drain or sewer remotely located to the floor being cleaned.

It is to be noted that the device when in the position shown in Fi ure 2 will rest evenly upon the floor so that the cleaning fluid may be readily swept up the ramp into the trough without danger of the device moving o slipping about and when it is desired to move the device from a particular place, the handles are moved into operative position and the entire device elevated to bring the wheels or rollers into engagement with the floor whence the device may be readily moved into another spot for the furthe collection of the cleaning fluid. After the taking up of the cleaning fluid has been completed or when the trough has become filled, the device may be wheeled to a sewer or drain and turned upside down for emptying.

While this device has been described for a special purpose, it also may be employed in rehaving side wall integral with the end walls of th trough, arms attached to said side walls of the ramp projecting forwardly therefrom and spaced above the forward lower edge of the ramp,

and wheels mounted on the front ends of said arms and normally maintained thereby from contacting the floor and adapted to move into contact with the floor by manual tilting of said device about said lower edge, handle pivoted at intermediate points along their respective lengths to the opposite end Walls of the trough and normally depending from the points of pivot thereof when not in use, and brackets carried by the end walls of the trough to be engaged by the handles, when they are swung to substantially horizontal positions, rearwardly of the trough, for use in lifting the trough to bring the rollers into contact with the floor, the forward ends of the handles moving into engagement with the brackets simultaneously with the initial lifting effort on the rearwardly directed ends of same. I

. LOUIS C. DOLCE. 

